Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-11

G.. w. Carpenter, FIVE miles southwest
from Yuba City, has 800 acres, all i'm
proved. The soil is of the best. His i'm
proyements are first-class He has fine
residence, big barns, corrals and granaries.
lie Is surrounded with comfort and luxury,
has one of the best cultivated and most
productive farms on the coast, which he
has made by his own industry and ability,
and still is in the prime of manhood
b. +. Walton has J, 100 acres within four
miles of Yuba City, all in high state OF
cultivation. He has large two-story res
idence, surrounded with handsome trees,
fruit and flowers. Mr. Walton is another
OF the Suffer county farmers who has made
all he has by his labor, from the soil.
Hon. c. p. Berry and his brother, r. c.
Berry, on the east side of the Feather river
have nearly 1900 acres of land, all under
the pillow. Their Improvements are first
class. The residence is large two-story
building, OF modern style of architecture
and with every convenience. The land
produces large crops of grain. These
parties, also, came to California almost
empty-handed, and they have made their
fortunes tilling the soil, and have won the
respect and confidence of all who know
them.
Hon. A. L. Chandler has $40 acres of
fine land, all under the pillow, and finely
improved with good fences and buildings
lie has two-story Gothic cottage, and
large barns and water-tank. Mr. Chandler
is another of those who has made more
than competence for life from the soil of
Suffer- county.
Hon. George Ohleyer has a fine, we'll
cultivated farm two and a half miles from
Iuba City. He has more than comfort
able buildings, with handsome surround
ings. Mr.. Ohleyer, while largely engaged
in other business, is irst-class farmer.
ADDITIONAL HOLDINGS.
In an article of this character it is i'm
possible to more than mention some of
the other notable farms of this county.
! {. a. Glidden has 500 acres. Hyell d
Testate, on the Sacramento river, have
$500 acres. Sumner Payne Il Son, below
Meridian, have 1900 acres. Lowe, Myers
q Co, on the Sacramento river have
2,400 acres. Henry johnson, two miles
from Yuba City, has 500 acres. John H.
Kimball, seven miles from Yuba CITY. has
2,l00 acres. W. 2. Harkee, Suffer countv's
efficient Sheriff for several terms, has $40
| acres of land, 800 of which is in Butte
county. Mr.. Harkee is putting out
fruit on his place near Yuba CITY.
and he also has some fine bred
horses, which promise to be speedy when
trained. James Littlejohn has 500 acres
| close to the county seat. 1t is fine farm.
well improved, with good fences and large
buildings. He also is a breeder of the best
blooded stock. Packard & Woodruff. on
the Feather river, below Yuba City, have
900 acres of the most fertile land.
William Saunders, Live Oak, has
1000 acres. c. Cockerell, North Butte.
has 5000 acres of land, 800 of which is
under pillow, and the balance is used for
pasture. John Glenn, on the east side of
the Feather river, has 1,000-acre farm.
Cox Il Richer have $50 acres of grain
land. j. n. Brock, in the same neighbor-
hood, has 2,550-acre farm. The Elmer
estate, Elleta Elmer, heir, consists of 400
acres, four miles from Yuba City. This is
a splendid property.
w. I. Bleven has. 300 acres of I'M
proved land. Mr.. Bleyen was one of the
first persons who demonstrated the fertil-
ity Of the higher plain soil of Suffer
county Up to that demonstration the
farming was confined to the lands border
ing the streams. j. W. Humphrey, on
Feather river, has 1900 acres. Thomas
Brewer, on Bear river, below Wheatland,
has 1000 acres. To mention all the good
farms and farmers in this county would fill
book. There are no poor farms and no
poor farmers